AI companies want you to stop chatting with bots and start managing them

Leading AI companies are shifting strategy, encouraging users to stop passively chatting with bots and instead actively manage AI agents. Claude Opus 4.6 and OpenAI Frontier represent this evolution, positioning AI systems as controllable tools rather than conversational interfaces. This reflects a broader industry transition toward human oversight of autonomous AI agents performing complex tasks, emphasizing governance and active user management over simple dialogue interactions.